Thread by @magi_jay

I would like to suggest some very simple social media tactics that all Democrats should engage in before the election. A 🧵

1. It's fine to disagree w/ Dems from now until #EDay; That said, plz do so respectfully & kindly. The media thrives on Democratic discord. Every time Democrats/Leftists/etc engage in ferocious debate online, editors contact people like me to write Op-Eds. This drives coverage.

2. Put winning the election above social media clout. This involves not trying to be cool by dragging other Democrats (or possible Dem voters). It also involves not overly curating your twitter feed. RT Cringe. RT Democrats saying good things. This matters.

cont. . I'm bad at curating my social media bc I'm neurodivergent. If you ever think, "is she off her meds?" the answer is "probably not, that's just her brain." So I just spout off. But, I still curate in some ways. I don't, for example, RT tweets that I think everyone has seen.

cont. . . . there are a lot of tweets that I think are great, but I don't RT b/c I think people don't need to see them again. I'm saying now that RTing this stuff matters. The numbers matter along multiple parameters, including the perception of *strength*, joy, unity.

3. While you commit to *not* arguing, at least in a hostile way w/ Dems, commit to trying to argue w/ conservatives. Don't just drag them (tho dragging is good), try to argue with them. Make a debate with conservatives blow up online so much that editors contact writers to do an OpEd

4. If it's too hard to try to argue w/ a conservative, & I agree this may be the case, commit to not just dragging them, but also to finding joy in doing so *w/ others,* a la "Weird." We've never done something like "weird" before. It was great. Gave us joy/strength; put them on defensive.

5. Just as you commit to RTing great things--including cringe things--about Democrats, commit to RTing every single negative thing you see about Trump. Trump has *massively* benefited from an almost 9 month media blackout. As well as normalization. Pierce through this.

That's about it, for now. The goals are these: Deprive media of Dem Discord. Give them other debates to cover. Spread joy. Create the perception of *strength* in numbers by liking & RTing every Good Democratic tweet. Reject over-curating your account. RT @KamalaHQ in particular.

One last thing, though. I'm not trying to reignite Biden-Drop-Out debates, b/c I am delighted by how things have turned out. But I do want to note something for explanatory purposes: Post-June-Debate, many Black Democrats tried, valorously, to make "Black Jobs" trend.

This worked, to some extent, but "Black Jobs" seemed to get drowned out by Dem discord over everything else. Imagine if things had gone differently. Either Biden performed better or our social media focus had just been different. "Black Jobs" would have hurt Trump quite a bit.

Now, look at this Simone Biles Tweet. So many likes + RTs. I saw it & immediately looked at the "numbers" for the tweet. The "numbers" made me so happy, but also made me think, "I don't have to RT that, b/c everyone has seen it." WRONG, Magdi. I should have RT'd it!

Why? Again, b/c numbers matter. 1.3 million likes? Amazing. What if it got to 2 million likes. Or 200K RTs? That's strength. Strength in our joyful coalition. Strength in our patriotism. And strength in mocking the bad ideas of the other side.

From now until EDay, focus all your negativity on our opponents. Put Trump under the spotlight. All while finding joy in our coalition. Practice respect in our disagreements. Reject clout. Reject anti-cringe. Reject over-curation. Give Kamala Harris GREAT social media numbers.

Also, I'm just going to mute/block stuff like this, rather than defend myself. It's a waste of time. And what is this person's purpose, here? My purpose is that I am trying to be a human being online, in my social space. I'm also hoping to win an election.

Like, what is the purpose of stuff like this? People just want to look smarter, cooler, better than others. I've never liked it. But, my personal feelings aside, this is an objectively *bad* way to operate in a coalition. Let's reject this kind of thing entirely.

All negativity towards other Dems, all motivation to be the "most right," the "knowiest of all," etc, throw that all out the window. If someone does it to you, don't respond. They are injecting necessary negativity into the discourse. Which is why Russian trolls imitate them!

Let's just say we're done with all that. It's not the right way to behave in a coalition. Mute it out. Joyfully.